Cinema Cafe has come a long, in my book. During its earlier years, I viewed it as a cheaper quality cinema. We decided to come to Cinema Cafe because we wanted to see a movie, and wanted to go to a theater that wouldn't be too crowded. It had been a while since I visited here. I was pleasantly surprised when we walked in the theater. Cinema Cafe has gotten rid of those tacky table and chairs, and upgraded to reclining, cushy seating! This is a BIG improvement! The food is still the same. Nothing to wow you. Depending on what you order, it's ok. The fries here are very tasty though. The servers are good. I'll make this Cinema Cafe one of my theaters to consider on movie night. read more

7-17-18: First visit here to see Hotel Transylvania 3. There were some technical problems that had to be fixed prior to us seeing the movie. Luckily there were no issues viewing the movie. I'm giving only 2 stars because the male staff member who cleaned the theater & let us in stood at the entrance FARTING as loud as he could while speaking to a female staff member & asking her for a hug. She was used to his farting from what she was saying, but clearly we WERE NOT. There was only 3 of us there at the time & his behavior was extremely disgusting & unprofessional. He knew we were there. He simply did not care. On top of that, my chicken strips were EXTREMELY tough & dry. I loved the recliner seats, but not enough to come back to this location. I wish I knew that guy's name. We saw the last showing of the movie on that day. read more

Went there to watch Spider Man No WayHome. The Cinema Cafes have been updated and remolded sometime in 2020. All the seats are the large reclining recliners. You will need to reserve your ticket online because they can sale out on some shows. Wednesday is reduced price including their pizza. You need to arrive early to order your food before the movie starts. Orders are taken at your seat. Each chair has a food tray and cup holder. read more

GO ON A WEDNESDAY! Wednesdays have the best ticket price--around $4.00 Also, you can get a Pizza, Large Popcorn, and a two-liter drink for about $23.00 which is a steal for a movie theater. Once you're there, expect your shoes to get stuck to the carpet from all of the spilled soda, the seats are desk chairs so don't expect to recline any. There is table service and the servers are decent. read more

I really enjoyed it. Not fancy but plenty of room on big trays to eat. The food was good and not overpriced. My group of 4 ladies enjoyed eating while watching "Top Gun Maverick". read more

Great location! Newly renovated with reclining seats. Lobby area is very clean and nicely decorated. Restrooms are clean as well even on a busy "sold out" day, I was very impressed. Due to the great location seats must be reserved well ahead of time otherwise you're lucked out or stuck with bad seats. The prices for both the movie tickets and food are very reasonable and this is one of my favorite locations to frequent. read more

I've always experienced great customer service at this location. The restrooms are usually pretty clean along with the rest of the theater. Food is always hot and when I have the occasional issue, it's always resolved timely. Was super excited when they renovated prior to COVID. It pushed this location up on the list of options for movie viewing for me. read more

This place is great! For anyone familiar with Richmond, it's similar to CineBistro but a lot more low key. You don't have to get there 30 minutes before the movie and it seems more affordable. I suppose it's the beach version! ;) The seats in the theatre are also plush office chairs instead of the movie seats you usually expect. The only downside is they only have 3 screens, so it's a gamble if they are playing something you want to see. They seem to stick with what's most popular at the time, and luckily we wanted to see War of the Planet of the Apes (the other two playing were Spider-Man and Despicable Me 3). I'd love to go back but I don't know if they'll be playing something I want to see. read more

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They play first run movies now! Probably have for a while... They have updated the lobby and they had updated the house theatres a long time ago and it all looks great!! They do military discounts for $7.15 !! If you want to order food just place the menu standing up and hopefully they will see it. They come by each table initially to check if you want to order anything. It's clean and the theatre has good sound quality and picture. Not sure how long they are doing it but right now if you text a certain code to vote you can show them the text and get a free large size popcorn. The person selling tickets hands you a little card with instructions. Do it!! I did and that bucket was a good size and the popcorn was delicious!! read more

Very cool experience! Two adult tickets $17.50 fair enough Food $60 plenty of it for the price Uber both ways $60 Total price for a date night $137.50 Very much worth it for the movie and this establishment. The extras... well read more

I've been here before two times before tonight. The two times before this my service was great, but tonight was very disappointing. I went to see the new top gun movie at the 9:00pm showing. My waitress approached us once to get our food and drink order. It took a good 30 mins to receive our drinks, and even longer to receive food (got there early so that wouldn't happen). After receiving our drinks from her, we did not see her for the rest of the movie. I pressed our button probably 8 times to alert her we needed help but no one came. Did not see here again till she handed us our check about 15 mins before the movie ended. Usually love this place, and have great service but tonight was terrible. read more

Great place to hang out with family and friends! Very comfortable and good sound surround!! The chairs are super plush! read more

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Pembroke Cinema Cafe is and has always been my movie theater of choice out of all the movie theater in Virginia Beach. I was able to enjoy the theater pre and post pandemic. Although it is small with only two theaters, it offers the best quality of service and food. This theater also has updated seats so it is very comfortable. To be able to enjoy a new movie, eat good, receive great service and sit/lay comfortably while enjoying a movie is an overall great experience. read more

Updated theater. Updated prices. Same food. I made the cardinal sin of walking in the theater after the movie started but the usher was kind enough to escort me to my seat. Oh, no more get a ticket and sit in an open chair; I had to choose my seat at the time I paid for my tickets. Nice chair, great service, okay food. $7.15 for the mantinee and $10 for popcorn and a soda. $35 for an afternoon of popcorn and movie. No more 2nd run movie price. Increased prices. read more

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The French fries are to die for! Hot in the middle and crispy and crunchy on the outside. Bacon cheeseburger is very good. The suggested tip on your bill is figured with the sales tax in it! I don't tip on taxes! The rest rooms reek of urine. They need to clean the men's room! read more

I used to come here a lot when I was younger. I'm a movie lover and a deal hunter. What more can a gal ask for than to see the blockbuster hits that she enjoys so much, and not break the bank doing it!?! I've cut back on my visits to movie theaters, my passion for the flicks was leaving my pockets a bit too bare. I sadly missed Insurgent when it was in the fancy theaters but I felt that an action film like this really deserved to be seen on the big screen with theater audio. Cinema Cafe Pembroke to the rescue! I went on a Sunday evening and the sticker price was only $2.50 max. That is-at minimum-half the price of a weekday matinee elsewhere. The theater is clean. You always receive a cordial greeting at the ticket booth and from the servers. Sorry, no food review. I never order. I'LL BE BACK! I'm about to get back into the movie game baby!!!! read more

Awesome new recliners and table trays that attach to them! They remodeled and the manager is really nice and helpful. This is my famlies favorite place to go watch a movie!! 100%! Love their food as well! read more

Great place to watch a movie with the family. Eat and watch. The kids love having popcorn pizza and a soda. Usually go watch something they like and it's a great value read more

I love the reclining seats! The popcorn is delicious. The entire theatre is so nice and clean. The staff was super friendly and helpful. I think I've found my new Sunday movie spot. The theatre was a bit chilly and I never received any napkins with my food. I can't wait to go back. The early bird ticket price is awesome! read more

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This Cinema Cafe is not as swank as the Kemps River location. But then again, this one's the one with the $1.75 flicks before 6 p.m. It's basically a second run movie house with beer and bites. The food is fairly standard for this sort of deal. Cheese sticks, nachos, sandwiches, burgers. It's tasty enough going down with a pitcher of brew. Great for kids too. We saw "How to Train Your Dragon" there today. Only thing is there were little black lines going down the screen. My daughter said, "Maybe it's because it's supposed to look old-timey." Uh, I don't think so. It wasn't overly distracting thankfully. Cinema Cafe has basically cornered the market on the eat-in theater in Hampton Roads -- except, of course, for the iconic Commodore in P-town, which is a different animal from an entirely different era. read more

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I nice place to watch a movie. Kids will need to use a lot of booster seats to see above the rows in front of them. The food is good and you can get adult beverages if you want. They do provide a senior citizen discount and a military discount which is much appreciated. You can pick the seats you want when you order your tickets. The sound quality is okay. The servers were fast and friendly. The seats are recliners. read more

This cinema cafe is so much better than the last location I went to in greenbrier. My favorite thing about this location are the comfy reclining seats!! Also I love that you can pick your seats once you purchase your tix. I came here twice in one week to see Hustlers because I loved the movie and I loved the food and service so much. This is now going to be my go to spot for movies. I'm mad at myself for not coming here sooner. Kudos to you Cinema Cafe. Keep up the great work!! read more

one of my favorite cinema cafe out of all the locations around here. its always clean, food is good, employees are great. i am a frequent movie goer and i have come here for a lot of films. great theater. read more

this place is great! they have good food and the service is wonderful! the chairs are also very comfortable.

We just love the upgrades or overhaul done to this movie theatre. We came a couple weeks ago and left disappointed because the place felt run down. Little did we know they were about to upgrade. The new upgrades include reclining leather seats, more leg room, well defined aisles, new carpet, and personal trays attached to the chairs for dining. My only wish was that there was an option for a tray table to hold the whole pizza pie. Having the whole pie on one person's table was a bit inconvenient for that person. Outside of that, we received the same friendly service and enjoyable food for the family. read more

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the kitchen staff didn't start until 5:30...so we had to wait for our food. I paid about $12.00 for an italian sub...couldn't taste any meat, only bread and cheese. They were out of 3 types of alcohol, which changed our drink orders. However, my coworker made a mistake and booked the wrong day for our tickets, the lady at the ticket booth was very understanding and gave us 2 VIP passes to make up for our error. read more

Great theatre. The tickets are cheap, the seats are very comfortable, and the dinner menu is amazing. The food came out right on time, and the waitresses were very helpful and quick to respond read more

Seats were nice, but the screen was very outdated. The screen couldn't really keep up with the graphics and the theater didn't seem to have surround sound. Which made our spot in Row B quite loud and our row had a harsh viewing angle when looking at the screen. We got a pizza, it was pretty bland and overpriced. We would have been better off getting pizza from little caesars before the movie. The waitress was nice but we had issues with our check. Honestly a meh experience. read more

I seriously just had such a terrible experience that I feel that it would be negligent to not share. I went with my cousin tonight to see the movie, "The Night Before" here. Everything was kosher involving the movie --no issues, screen lags, or anything of the sort. I ordered the Club salad and it was fair, especially for movie theater food. I go to Cinema Café quite often, so I know what to expect. Average food at "a wee bit above" average prices. Here's my issue. My cousin and I had split checks. I ordered a Root Beer float, which was charged onto her card. Here's where it gets a bit interesting: * We talked to the manager at the end of the movie and explained the mishap. The float should have been on my bill, not her's. * The logical thing to do who have been to reverse the charge for the float on my cousin's card and charge mine for one, single Root Beer float. Unfortunately, this is how it played out: * Manager takes my cousin's card, reverses the entire bill (mind you, the funds are going to be held for 3 business days at the least), and recharges the correct amount. Not an optimal solution, but at that point, we just wanted to get out of there. * Then, the manager looks at me and says that they're going to reverse my bill. * What the manager meant to say was, "I already reversed your bill". * Then, the manager tells me he's going to run my card AGAIN for the original bill PLUS the float. HOLD UP. The logical thing to do in this scenario is to not reverse my bill, not tie up funds in my account, and just charge me for a single float. I told the manager that what he had done was nonsensical and he brushed it off completely. Moral of the story: Head over to Kemps River, you'll have a better experience. read more

What would you pay for an Oscar winning movie, free parking, free popcorn, cheap beer/wine and a menu to order from? Oh, and extreme stadium seating. This, my friends is a cheap date, $3.99 on a SATURDAY NIGHT! Get the free popcorn by signing up to their newsletter. We got there 10 minutes before movie time, you need to get there 20 minutes before movie time if you don't want to have to look up at the screen. Yes, the place needs an overhaul on décor. But it's $3.99 a ticket on a Saturday night and when the lights dim, who the heck cares about the décor? read more

Enjoy a night out at the movies without getting ripped off. Ticket prices are only $1.50 and the food is better and much cheaper than the typical movie concession stand. They typically show movies that have been out in the theaters a while, so that's the trade off. If you are looking for an opening day blockbuster, this isn't your place. There's a great combo for a fun movie night out: large pizza, huge bowl of popcorn and a pitcher of soda for about $20. That's the cheapest way to pig out on junk food while at the movies. And you can't beat dinner and a movie for two for under $30 total. You'd spend that on just a movie and drinks at any other theater. read more

My husband and I have come to this place three times. The food is great. It's clean and the staff are friendly. I love how the seats can be moved back and forth. I also love the fact that it doesn't get cold in there, not like other theaters, so I really appreciate that. read more

Went and saw a matinee on my day off this week. Was super excited to see that this Cinema Cafe was renovated and decided to come here instead of going to the standard movie theater closer to my house. I LOVE recliner seats and will go out of my way to go to a theater that has them. I paid for my ticket ahead of time and when I got to the ticket booth, there were two employees who were turned around talking and didn't notice I was standing there. I had my ticket pulled up on my phone and when they finally noticed I was waiting, there was no hi or welcome, the employee just stuck her hand out for my phone, took it and scanned my ticket, handed me my paper ticket and resumed talking. Again, followed with no "have a nice day" or anything. It wasn't very welcoming and was a little off putting but I tried to look past it. The theater was immaculate and the service was amazing! My server checked on me a few times throughout the movie- the perfect amount to where it wasn't annoying while watching but enough to where I could ask for something if I needed it. I would definitely come back to this Cinema just due to the service I received in the theater. This theater is in a great location and the renovations really make this cinema top the others in VB. The customer service in the beginning wasn't the greatest, but once past that, it was awesome! read more

I went to see John Wick 3 which was REALLY GOOD!! Great wait staff, new recliner seats with tray attached, very clean and the food was hot and delicious! Will definitely be returning ! read more

I love this movie theater. I used to take my granddaughter to kids movies on Saturday morning and the kids would jump up and dance. Everybody had a good time and the food was great. read more

I love coming here. The service is great. Love the food. Especially the pizza combo. The seats are comfortable. Very clean theater. read more

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Went here to see the lion king about two weeks ago. Everything went well for the most part, liked the reclining chairs( a little noise) and the service was kind of slow as they were taking a lot of orders at once. I got my appetizer and main meal at the same time, kids pop corn was cold, and drinks took forever to come out. read more

Went here for a Paint Nite event and ordered a pitcher of beer, a martini, some pretzels and cheese sticks. Very lackluster in quality but adequate for drinking munchies. read more

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Oh, I remember the days when this place was Cinema Drafthouse. So you can tell how long I've been going here. (This location was the original , by the way) What makes cinema cafe so popular is the fact that it STANDS OUT. There's tons of theaters in virginia beach, but only Cinema Cafe has a comfortable cafe atmosphere. It's something different. Waitresses take your order and serve you food. You sit in a big plush chair around an actual table (or bar if you're lucky enough to find a seat there). Also, at this location they have more than just movies. Often times they'll have nights to watch the football game, concerts, even comedy shows. The pros weigh out the cons. But that means there are some cons. Food can be expensive and mediocre-tasting. (However, their food makes normal theater food taste like heaven) Also, if you're watching a movie that isn't rated R there a good chance there's going to be a bunch of kids there. Just hope you don't have to sit next to the kid throwing the popcorn. (But that can happen anywhere) So, in conclusion, if you're looking for a theater that is DIFFERENT or feel like saving some money, go to Cinema Cafe. On tuesdays (at greenbrier and pembroke location) you can watch a movie for a buck! In this economy, this place is perfect for those craving entertainment on a low budget. read more

Love Ciname Cafe! The staff at Va Beach is always friendly and very attentive. The food prices are pretty decent, and the food isn't too bad tasting. And, as always - you can't beat a $1.50 movie!! read more